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That guy has some vids from the Red Bull Road Rage finals series on his YT channel. One shows a guy win with road disc brakes. They are great descenders. 50 fine, 60 nervy and less fun, but 80 is sick!

Give me a nice tight, twisty descent at 30-50mph any day. It's not the speed that bothers me, it's the hard braking required to get you through that tight corner at the end of a 60mph+ section, just doesn't feel right.

I am not impressed. The shadow shows the guy hanging his knee out as counter balance on gentle sweeping curves. That's slow chickensh*t. He needs to get his weight off his ass, dig into the pedal, tuck in, get aero, lower the center of Gravity, and lean the bike over. Ventoux is a relatively mellow, non technical descent. And his line is way off a fair bit of the time even considering it is an open road (although he has a good section about when he enters the trees). Both entrance and exits to curves are often missed. Sort of hack amateur stuff (Red Bull, Road Rage champion, blah, blah, whatever).

Also the 131 kph figure has me suspicious. I have descended many major passes and never hit near that speed. In a full tuck I rarely see 100 kph even on the steepest bits and I weigh 190 lbs. You would need sustained, straightaway grade approaching 20% to get near that speed, tailwind too probably. Steepest part of Ventoux is a little over 10% at the very top IIRC, So I call BS. The fastest recorded speed I have heard of for pros racing was 120 kph for Sean Kelly once on the Tourmalet.

Nice steady camera shot though.

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wheelsONfire wrote:

When we ride disc brakes the whole deal of braking is just like a leaving a fart. It happens and then it's over. Nothing planned and nothing to get nervous for.

Last edited by Mr.Gib on Sat Jan 18, 2014 4:12 am, edited 1 time in total.

I saw the shadows of the weird form too and the loose pants! 80mph is a little unbelievable but I always give people the benefit of doubt. There are a couple other gopro vids out there that look even faster with more road traffic. Really sick stuff. I'll try to find.

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